Join the Riverton Museum on September 6th at 9am for a Wind River Visitors Council Adventure Trek to the J.B. Okie Manor. Experience a rare tour led by the building’s caretaker around the sheep tycoon’s mansion build in 1901. This tour is filled with stories from Okie’s life, the history of the manor, and details of the home’s features.
Join local uranium expert Zach Larsen on this adventure trek with the Riverton Museum out to the Split Rock Uranium Mill and Jeffrey City. We will be driving out as a group to the Split Rock Uranium Mill and receiving a presentation of the mill from the Department of Energy. We will then be exploring other important sites around the Jeffrey City area, before heading back to Riverton.
Schoenewald is a retired teacher who recently published her book “Lost Coal District of Gebo, Crosby, and Kirby.” Schoenewald will be telling the story of coal camps in Hot Springs and Fremont County, particularly looking at the life of miners and their families. She will delve into the local and family history of Gebo and Hudson by sharing her own experiences of Gebo as a child.
The Wyoming Community Bank Discovery Speaker Series Program and Pioneer Museum will have a presentation on the history of the railroad in Lander on Aug 7 at 6:30pm.
Learn how the railroad was built, established towns and industry, and eventually fade and disappear.